Alton
Alton is a town in Hampshire, surrounded by attractive countryside and villages that were once home to novelist Jane Austen, naturalist Gilbert White, and Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates. Jane Austen's house in nearby Chawton…Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: AlasdairW, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Jane Austen's House Museum
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Jane Austen's House Museum is a small independent museum in the village of Chawton near Alton in Hampshire.
Alton railway station
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Alton railway station is a station in the market town of Alton, in the English county of Hampshire.
Alton Town Hall
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Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England.
Localities in the Area
Holybourne
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Holybourne is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England.
Neatham
Neatham is a Roman hamlet, an ancient hundred and a former civil parish, now in the parish of Alton, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England.East Worldham
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Worldham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worldham, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. East Worldham is situated 3½ km east of Alton.
Alton
- Type: Town with 17,800 residents
- Description: town in Hampshire, England
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: East Hampshire, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1489° or 51° 8' 56" northLongitude
-0.9758° or 0° 58' 33" westPopulation
17,800Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)United Nations Location Code
GB ALNOpen Location Code
9C3X42XF+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 17067290OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2657408Wikidata ID
Q443840Alton Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Ալթոն
- Asturian: Alton
- Azerbaijani: Olton
- Belarusian: Алтан
- Bengali: এল্টন
- Bulgarian: Алтън
- Bulgarian: Олтън
- Cebuano: Alton
- Chinese: 奧爾頓
- Chinese: 阿尔顿 (汉普郡)
- Chinese: 阿尔顿
- Chinese: 阿爾頓 (漢普郡)
- Chinese: 阿爾頓
- Czech: Alton
- Dutch: Alton
- English: Alton, Hampshire
- French: Alton
- French: Alton (Hampshire)
- Georgian: ალტონი
- German: Alton
- German: Alton (England)
- German: Alton (Hampshire)
- Greek: Άλτον
- Gujarati: ઍલ્ટન
- Hebrew: אלטון
- Hungarian: Alton
- Irish: Alton, Hampshire
- Irish: Alton
- Italian: Alton
- Japanese: アルトン
- Japanese: オールトン
- Kannada: ಆಲ್ಟನ್
- Korean: 알턴
- Latin: Alton (Hantonia)
- Latin: Alton
- Lithuanian: Altonas
- Luxembourgish: Alton
- N'Ko: ߊߟߑߕߐ߲߫
- N'Ko: ߊߟߑߕߐ߲߫߸ ߤߊ߲ߡߔߑߛ߭ߊߦߙ
- Norwegian Bokmål: Alton (Hampshire)
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Alton i Hampshire
- Persian: آلتون، همپشر
- Polish: Alton (Anglia)
- Polish: Alton
- Portuguese: Alton
- Romanian: Alton, Hampshire
- Romanian: Alton, hampshire
- Russian: Олтон
- Slovenian: Alton
- South Azerbaijani: آلتون، همپشر
- Spanish: Alton
- Swedish: Alton, Hampshire
- Swedish: Alton
- Tamil: அல்டோன்
- Telugu: ఆల్టన్
- Ukrainian: Алтон
- Urdu: آلٹن
- Urdu: آلٹن، ہیمپشائر
- Urdu: الٹن، ہیمپشائر
- Volapük: Alton (Hampshire)
- Volapük: Alton
- Welsh: Alton, Hampshire
- Welsh: Alton
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Localities in the Area
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- AshdellNeighbourhood
- Racecourse EstateNeighbourhood
- NewtownNeighbourhood
- WilsomNeighbourhood
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Alton. Photo: AlasdairW, Public domain.